Haryana seeks release of its share from Centre

Haryana Chief Minister, Manohar Lal on Thursday urged the Central Government for releasing its share on account of increased salary of contractual and adhoc employees working under various schemes and programmes being jointly run by the State and Central Government in the State as per the seventh pay commission.

He made this request in a meeting with Vice-Chairman, NITI Aayog, Dr Rajiv Kumar here. Haryana Finance Minister, Capt Abhimanyu was also present in the meeting.

Kumar complimented the State Government for its wonderful revenue resources and said that it is much higher as compared to other states in the country which is clear indication of a growing economy.

Manohar Lal said that Haryana is the first State in the country to implement the 7th pay commission in the State and give all benefits to its employees. Referring to the State Government’s announcement regarding giving 14.29 per cent hike in the salary of employees working on contractual and adhoc basis, he said that the State Government has already given its proportion of increased salary but the Centre share is yet to be received.

"There are many scheme and programmes which are being jointly run by the State and Central Government. The Centre should consider this request and announce its share," he added.

The chief minister said that to apprise the people about various   schemes of central and State Government and to ensure that the people at grass root level gets the benefit of these schemes, more than 380 schemes across 30 Departments  would be made available on SARAL Platform with effect from April 14.

Apart from this, SARAL Antyodya Kendras would be set up in Tehsil Offices having dedicated officers to apprise the people and assist them in availing the benefit of these schemes.        

Kumar appreciated the initiative of State Government to open SARAL Antyodya Kendras at Tehsil level and said that a team comprising officers of NITI Ayog would visit Haryana in the month of July or August this year to study the functioning of such centres so that the same concept could be replicated in other states also. He also appreciated the scheme under which 46 top IAS, IPS and IFS have been allocated one block to fastrack the development projects. Kumar said the State Government and NITI Aayog could prepare a time bound joint action plan to keep a check on the depleting ground water level in the State and work as a mission in this direction.

The Vice Chairman asked the State Government to share the details of those centrally sponsored schemes in which  either central share has not been released or less central share has been released by the Government of India so that necessary action could be taken in this regard.

Member, NITI Aayog, Ramesh Chand described Haryana as a leading state in the country in Agriculture sector which has been successful in maintaining high productivity rate as compared to other states.

Earlier, Principal Secretary, Agriculture and Farmer’s Welfare Minister, Abhilaksh Likhi gave a detailed presentation on agriculture scenario in the State.  Among those present in the meeting included Chief Secretary, D.S Dhesi, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Rajesh Khullar, amongst other officials.